[Madskp]

matador wrote:

Severed_hand_of_skywalker wrote:
The Movie Companion.  They have a beosound 3000 hooked up to a Mcintosh and show a close up.
That one must be double checked by Members Guy and Madskp before moderation gives a go….            😀

No no… Only black boxes for me 😉

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[Madskp]

matador wrote:

I may come back to you later in the modeling process to check the holes position (I bet B&O does’nt place them randomly and speaker orientation has it’s reasons).

I sure I can get some measurements for that when you are ready for that. The upper pair of holes place the BL3500 display in a 90 degree position, where the lower set of holes gives it a little angle pointing the display more upwards.

matador wrote:

Your debt has been erased!

Great 🙂 I will continue helping you where I can though

 

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[Madskp]

I hope this give the answers you need

I something need to be adjusted let me know and I will give it another go.

Also let me know if you need any other measurements

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[Madskp]

Some pictures for starters

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[Madskp]

I have one of these pieces of unobtanium in my collection and I owe you one  for the fine drawing you made of the Playmaker stand.

I can not guarantee that I can make something as good, but I can give you measurements, pictures and a scan of the profile of the stand.

Would you prefer the Scan as a PDF or a picture?

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[Madskp]

matador wrote:

Interesting reading.

Both seems to point out that a failed update doesn’t ‘brick’ the device (Apple Anxiety again…).

In the end I believe it’s just a psychological issue like “if don’t update I will miss new features making my BS1 sounds like a BL90 and many other fancy stuff.

It works, don’t touch anything (because ‘loudness’ is not really a thing I miss – more on my Beolit 12…).

Thanks Mads.

One could argue that as long as it has the features you need like airplay, there should be no reason to update it. I guess it might be more needed for comptability with streaming services like Deezer and Tidal without knowing it.

On a related note it will be interesting to see when these networked B&O devices becomes useless beacuse of comptability issues with streaming services, airplay, chromecast etc. where the last two might be longer lived as long as the device sending the music is compatible.

 

 

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[Madskp]

matador wrote:

4- Yes it has and it was quite a surprise. The web server is the same as the one in the playmaker or the Beolit 12, same look and features that the Beosetup App.
Then, yes, it could be a good place to try the update. But I’m still reluctant to do it (Years of Apple Update Anxiety…).

I fully understand your reluctans. Ending up with a bricked speaker is no fun. Hope someone can answer if it is possible to try again if an update fails.

I don’t know if it is possible to see if the connection to the web server is more stable. I just tried to go into i on an M3 I recently aquired, and my thoughts on this is that you might not be able to see anything about the stability once a page on the webserver is loaded, it will just show it. Maybe it will time out at one point. Off course if it does time out quickly it might be a sign of stability issues on the setup/administration part of it.

Btw this thread might indicate more luck updating from the webs server than the B&O app

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/bo-app-failure-to-update-bo-device-firmware/

Although an older thread this might also have some indications on what could happen if an update fails

https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/41871.aspx

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[Madskp]

Just a few thought regarding network without knowing much about the Beosound 1 or NL setup:

1. Where are the antennas placed in this metal cone I suspect at least one of them could be in the top part, and might be affected by the top plate that you mentioned was loose in the other thread.
2. Can you be sure the app is connecting to it via ethernet when you plug a cable to it. The App might prefer the WIFI connection, which could be why you experience a flaky connection with the app where as the airplay transmission might go through the wired connection (not sure if you had the cable plugged in when trying airplay?)
3.  Is it possible to turn of wifi on the BS1 to ensure that it is using ethernet to try if the app is more stable that way?
4. Does the BS1 have a built in webserver? If so it might be a more stable way to perform an update from that than the B&O app. A post by Trackbeo in this old thread might suggest that i has a built in webserver https://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/49477.aspx

Hope some of these thoughts might bring you closer to a more stable BS1

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[Madskp]

Congrats on your new NL era Beosound 1 🙂

matador wrote:

I was dissapointed (by myself) because I believe the BS1 had an aux-in input.
Not a big deal, but I would have like to pair it with any Beogram just for the look of it.

You know you could just connect the Beogram through a Beolink Converter NL/ML, a Beolink Converter 1611 and an MCL2AV, nice and clean setup……

Ill just show myself out…. 😉

 

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[Madskp]

Hello and welcome to Beoworld.

What a gift you got there, hopefully it is working.

To connect the speakers you will need two Powerlink cables with the round 8 Pin connectors.

Other than that a BEO4 remote can be usefull, but not mandatory.

Bang & Olufsen is still hosting the manuals for the Beosound 9000. Just do a Google search for that + manual and it will show up as one of the first results

Hope this helps you get it going

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[Madskp]

Great to hear it worked out with the right cable 😀

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[Madskp]

Also if you want to double check your wirering, it is the orange/white-orange and the red/white-red pairs that transport the sound

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[Madskp]

If they have a battery it is most likely soldered, so no easy removable, and might not affect these issues.

This might be a long shot:

On the BL3500 try to acces Menu + Menu + 0 + 9 + GO

It should say ML ON. If not try to change the value with up and down arrows and accept with go.

 

You might have allready have tried this (so sorry to ask this) try to check the volume level on the BL3500 and try to activate the mute function a couple of times

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[Madskp]

The error 4 is called data collision in the service manual, meaning to much trafic on the ML system. That however does not seems plausible in your small setup, so I would advice to look at the cables first.

Does your network cable have metal shielded connectors? That is a requirment as the ground for the ML connection is going through that

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[Madskp]

A few thought. The BL3500 do have some testmodes to show if the ML connection is ok.

Menu + Menu + 0 + 2 + GO should give status for the ML connection. This will either show: ML OK, NO ML or an error number in the BL3500 display

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[Madskp]

Ok good to know that it at least is something from Beoworld 😉

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[Madskp]

Just for info I have received ved a couple of emails like this since yesterday

It looks like it is from this forum, but update is not to find in the topic, and the link (that is also to Beosupport instead of Beoworld) leads to some kind of login page that does not look like Beoworld.

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[Madskp]

ok that was my best guess that it might be shorted through, thus keeping the 5V up.

Another thought is maybe the ML sense signal. I belive the Beolink Passive prioritise Masterlink over Powerlink

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[Madskp]

I would try to meassure if D306 is working correctly

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what about mute P200 pin 13?

on mine that goes low with powerlink startup signal.

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